Okanagan College faculty member awarded national grant to study women in the skilled trades
October 22, 2026
What helps women build lasting careers in the skilled trades?This is the question Okanagan College (OC) researcher Dr. Emma Lind will explore through an awarded Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant worth $61,875.The two-year project, Still Here: Mid-Career Tradeswomen and the Missing Middle of Trades Research, centres on the experiences of women who have remained and advanced in skilled trades careers.As British Columbia faces increasing demand for the skilled trades workers, in...
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Convocation and Commencement ceremony celebrates hundreds of graduates
October 17, 2026
When health care graduate Paul Rogers strode to the podium Saturday to address hundreds of his peers, their families and friends, it marked another group of students prepared to enter the workforce and start their careers. Rogers was one of 160 graduates and academic excellence award recipients to cross the stage at OC’s Fall Convocation and Commencement. Graduates from programs across business, arts, health, social development, trades and continuing studies were honoured in front of family, friends and faculty at the morning c...
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New Recreation Facility Fee to fund student recreation activities and facilities at OC starting Winter 2027
October 13, 2026
Starting in Winter 2027, Okanagan College will introduce a mandatory Recreation Facility Fee for eligible students. The fee will fund recreation facilities, fitness centres, gymnasiums, and wellness programming across Kelowna, Penticton, and Vernon campuses. Students who pay the fee will receive access to recreation facilities and programs designed to support physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being....
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Student-built roof and local industry collaboration support solar training at Okanagan College
October 7, 2026
A collaboration among Okanagan College (OC) students, instructors and local industry could be described as a “bright light” for the sector. The OC-led partnership creates new hands-on learning opportunities for people preparing to work in the renewable energy sector, including preparing them with the advanced skills and knowledge to install solar systems. Three students completing the College’s 30-week Carpenter Foundation program worked with their instructor to build an eight-by-12-foot mock roof capable of supporting fou...
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Okanagan College launches new entrepreneurship courses
September 29, 2026
Okanagan College (OC) is expanding opportunities for entrepreneurs with a new suite of short courses and a microcredential offering upgraded programming across the spectrum of entrepreneurship from a first idea to successful business.The new courses launch this fall and are designed around one question: what do entrepreneurs need to move forward with their business or business idea?“The Okanagan has always been built by courageous people with gritty ideas and the relentlessness to persist,” said Hall School of Business and Entrepren...
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Penticton campus housing building officially opens
September 23, 2026
The doors are officially open at Okanagan College’s newest campus housing facility, located on the Penticton campus. The College held a celebration with community members and OC employees on Wednesday (Sept. 23), marking the completion of the project and the opening of the new, 101-bed facility.“Today marks a first for our Penticton campus: the opening of on-campus housing,” said Dr. Samantha Lenci, Okanagan College Provost and Vice President Academic. “With this building, every Okanagan College campus now offers students a pla...
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